Mana Mavimbela, aged 18, said three police officers
ordered her to write a statement in which she was made to lie that she did not
intend to stand for nomination.

The police officers ordered her to say that she had been
joking that she wanted to stand for election as Member of Parliament for
Lubulini.

She was disqualified on Sunday (4 August 2013) during the nomination stage at Lusabeni
Chiefdom by the Presiding Officer Lindiwe Sukati for being dressed improperly.
On Monday Mavimbela got a visit by police officers from the Lubulini Police
Station.

Mavimbela told the Times of Swaziland she was then ordered to relate the events of the previous day
and how she came to be disqualified.

‘The officer then forced me to record the statement,
noting that I did not intend to stand for the elections but only meant it as a
joke,’ the newspaper reported her saying.